A visitor at Somerset Wildlife Trust's Peat-Fest South-West event at the Avalon Marshes centre explores the Virtual Peatlands Pavilion. Credit: Jim Wileman / Art and Energy for Peat-Fest South-West.
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The IUCN UK Peatland Programme exists to promote peatland restoration in the UK and advocates the multiple benefits of peatlands through partnerships, strong science, sound policy and effective practice.
Our vision is one of healthy, wildlife-rich peatlands in the UK that provide multiple benefits for people. We want peatlands in the UK to function to their full potential and to ensure that there is no further loss of peatland ecosystems, providing cost-effective solutions for climate change, water and biodiversity. Investment in peatland restoration is needed now, securing the benefits they provide and avoiding the costly consequences of their deterioration.
Scorched Alpine Sedge. Credit: Torre Jorgensen.
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Peatland Code
A voluntary standard for UK peatland projects wishing to market the climate benefit of restoration.
Sculptor Owen Phillips with his fixed-point photography post on Marsden Moor. Credit Nick Singleton
Latest publications
Latest news and blog posts
Inaugural Lindsay Peatland Conservation Award presented at the 15th annual IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme have presented an award to Richard Lindsay in recognition of a career dedicated to raising awareness and…
Beginnings: First Peat-Fest South-West bogcast published
In our latest guest blog, Art and Energy's Naomi Wright introduces Peat-Fest South-West's 'bogcasts'.
A pivotal moment for Northern Ireland's peatlands as their Peatland Strategy to 2040 is launched
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has launched Northern Ireland’s first Peatland Strategy setting out a pathway for peatland conservation and…
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